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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rousseau explain the relations of the sexes?
(a) As warring opposites.
(b) As equals competing for superiority.
(c) As master (or mistress) and slave.
(d) As complementary differences.

2. What does Rousseau say is the rule for women?
(a) Bear children and be a good wife.
(b) Arouse strength and activity in men.
(c) Overcome yourself.
(d) Know yourself.

3. What paradox does Rousseau observe in the relations of the sexes?
(a) They share many utensils, but use them for very different jobs.
(b) They are always around each other and don't understand each other at all.
(c) They use the same language but understand very different things.
(d) They are quite different and yet quite similar.

4. Where do the differences between men's and women's roles originate, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) In a conspiracy against women.
(b) In nature.
(c) In women's conspiracies against each other.
(d) In men's competition with each other.

5. In what does Rousseau say selfishness is rooted?
(a) Resentment of childhood sexual trauma.
(b) Nostalgia for a prelapsarian state.
(c) Comparison of the self with others.
(d) Competition between facets of the self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher does Rousseau cite by name in the section on Submission?

2. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?

3. What is the purpose of Sophy in the education Rousseau is designing for Emile?

4. When does Rousseau say manhood begins?

5. What does Rousseau explicate regarding selfishness?

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